Advanced search engine for federal spend and user interface for the same

Abstract

Systems and methods applicable, for instance, to federal spend search engines and user interfaces. Data operations can transform and enhance raw federal spend data. Further, users can be presented with information that can be understood and consumed at a glance.

1 . A computer-implemented method, comprising:
 receiving, by a computing system from multiple data sources, federal spend data;   augmenting, by the computing system, the received federal spend data;   performing, by the computing system, one or more of contract mapping operations or opportunity mapping operations;   performing, by the computing system, one or more of award linking operations or opportunity linking operations; and   providing, by the computing system, a search interface for searching among data resulting from one or more of said augmenting, said mapping operations, or said linking operations.   
     
     
         2 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein said augmenting includes performing mapping between the received federal spend data and independently-compiled federal staff organizational data. 
     
     
         3 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein said performance of contract mapping operations includes mapping one or more of funding offices or awarding offices to respective federal offices. 
     
     
         4 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein said performance of contract mapping operations includes employing machine learning approaches to determine mappings for one or more missing offices. 
     
     
         5 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein said performance of opportunity mapping operations includes mapping opportunity notices to federal staff organizational data. 
     
     
         6 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein said performance of opportunity mapping operations includes one or more of joining opportunity notices to contracts, or normalizing solicitation numbers and award identifiers. 
     
     
         7 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein said performance of award linking operations comprises processing one or more of awards, modifications, transactions, organizations, terms, or sums. 
     
     
         8 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein said performance of opportunity linking operations comprises processing one or more of opportunities, notices, organizations, or terms. 
     
     
         9 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 updating, by the computing system, one or more of federal spend contracts associated with said augmented federal spend data, or federal opportunity notices associated with said augmented federal spend data.   
     
     
         10 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 tracking, by the computing system, across multiple time periods, modifications of federal spend contracts.   
     
     
         11 . A system, comprising:
 at least one processor; and   a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to perform:   receiving, from multiple data sources, federal spend data;   augmenting the received federal spend data;   performing one or more of contract mapping operations or opportunity mapping operations;   performing one or more of award linking operations or opportunity linking operations; and   providing a search interface for searching among data resulting from one or more of said augmenting, said mapping operations, or said linking operations.   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein said performance of contract mapping operations includes mapping one or more of funding offices or awarding offices to respective federal offices. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein said performance of contract mapping operations includes employing machine learning approaches to determine mappings for one or more missing offices. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein said performance of opportunity mapping operations includes mapping opportunity notices to federal staff organizational data. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein said performance of opportunity mapping operations includes one or more of joining opportunity notices to contracts, or normalizing solicitation numbers and award identifiers. 
     
     
         16 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform a method comprising:
 receiving, from multiple data sources, federal spend data;   augmenting the received federal spend data;   performing one or more of contract mapping operations or opportunity mapping operations;   performing one or more of award linking operations or opportunity linking operations; and   providing a search interface for searching among data resulting from one or more of said augmenting, said mapping operations, or said linking operations.   
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 16 , wherein said performance of contract mapping operations includes mapping one or more of funding offices or awarding offices to respective federal offices. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 16 , wherein said performance of contract mapping operations includes employing machine learning approaches to determine mappings for one or more missing offices. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 16 , wherein said performance of opportunity mapping operations includes mapping opportunity notices to federal staff organizational data. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 16 , wherein said performance of opportunity mapping operations includes one or more of joining opportunity notices to contracts, or normalizing solicitation numbers and award identifiers.